way to hide them. I
I take two film cannisters and tape the together bottom to bottom. I
blacken the lids so they are not so easy to see. In one end fits an
eraser size stamp. I cut long 1 and 3/4 inch wide strips of paper
and staple them to a 1 and 3/4 inch length of pencil. The pencil
piece makes the long thin paper strips easy to roll up in a scroll.
The scoll log is rubber banded and goes in the other end of the film
cannisters.
I couldn't find a good place to hide them at one of my sites so I
decided to velcro strap the double cannister to the limb of a small
tree.
A kind volunteer is building me a website. Perhaps she will reply
with whether the VA/DC/MD/? webmaster should post these or wait.
Happy hunting and let me know what you think.
Scarab
or The Doubtful Guests
Egypt Explorer
Placed by The Doubtful Guests
formerly Harpers Square Explorers
Washington, DC
Placed October 5, 2002
A city microbox
Handmade stamp
Can you hum the National Geographic theme music from their specials?
Their headquarters is at 1145 17th St., NW, Washington, DC. Three
buildings span M street between 16th and 17th streets. One oldest,
one not so old and one new.
1145 is a white marble building on 17th street. Walk in the doors and
walk right through the elevator lobby and go out the doors on the
other side. (If it is after hours you can walk around the building
down M street.) On the other side is a courtyard and the new pink
grey granite building beyond.
Stand on the steps of the marble building facing the courtyard of pink
granite squares. Beyond should be the new pink grey granite building.
On your left should be the driveway leading to M street. In front of
you should be a rectangular pool with large pink granite boulders. On
your right should be a slanting pink granite wall with bushes behind
it.
Count off 11 pink granite squares as you walk along the slanting wall
on your right. At the 11th square stop and sit on the wall. There
should be a grating by your feet on the right. You should be facing
the end of the pool and the driveway and M Street beyond.
Along the inside of the wall runs a grey conduit. Where you are there
should be a grey junction box. Under the box, lying on the dirt,
should be the micro letterbox made of two black film cannisters taped
together. Be sure to take it away from there to stamp in. There are
benches along the white building. Please be discrete as there can be
a lot of people around.
If this micro letterbox is missing or damaged contact
thedoubtfulguests@yahoo.com
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ORION the Hunter
Placed by The Doubtful Guests
October 18, 2002
Washington, DC
Hand made stamp
Micro letterbox
The Einstein Memorial, Constitution Avenue NW at 22nd St. Step up on
to the black marble and look at Einstein. The tourists all climb on
him and get their picture taken.
Brace yourself before you look down. You are standing in the middle
of space. Below you are the stars of our sky. Just in front of you
is the bronze disk of the sun. Far to your left, you will find the
tree stars in a row of Orion's belt. Very distinctive in the sky, no
three stars line up quite like that, it is somewhat hard to find on
this map. (Pssst, there's a map in the free brochure.) Rigel and
Betelgeuse (often pronounced beetlejuice) are its two brightest
stars. I am told that in the original Arabic Betelgeuse
means "armpit of the hunter".
The hunter aims his bow at some dim hare but it looks more as if he is
hunting the V shaped face of Taurus the bull. He will miss. His
arrow will fly on and past the tight star cluster of the Pleides.
You must follow it to reach your goal, on beyond the Sun and the
crescent Moon and up the sidewalk 14 cracks to a cedar on your left.
Velcroed to a small branch at eye level is the micro letterbox made
of two film canisters taped together.
Be discrete so that no tourist may see you and take or destroy it and
please replace it carefully obscured by greenery.
If this micro letterbox is full, missing or damaged please write
TheDoubtfulGuests@yahoo.com.